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Mullo
A Gaulish God: The Mule
Mullo is a Gaulish god known from eleven inscriptions, each from France. In each (but one) of thee he is equated with the Roamn god, Mars. Evicence suggest he was a healer deity, most specifically dealing with diseases of the eye. |
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Gaul: The Mule
Mullo is a deity known from a number (11) of inscirptions found in Gaul. Perhaps the most important of these comes from Allonnes, Sarthe in France where Mullo is equated with Roman Mars and a temple dedicated to this deity has been found (AE 1960, 319a and 319c; ILTG 345). From inscriptional and other evidence it would seem that the deity was worshiped specifically as a healer of eye afflictions. The deity is also known from Nantes, Loire-Atlantique (CIL XIII 03101 and 03102) where a plaque bearng the following inscription was discovered: AVC MARTI MULIO TAVRICVS TAVRIF VSLM (To Mars Mullio, Tauricus Taurif willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow). A further dedication from Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Frnace invokes Mars Mullio as well as Mercury Atepomarus (CIL XIII 03148, 03149 and 03150; AE 1969/70, 405a and 405b). The deity is also known from Craon, Mayenne, France (CIL XIII 03096) where he is invoked as Mars Mullo and Mayenne France where, intrestingly, he is invoked alone without being assimilated to the cult of Mars.
The name, Mullo is derived from the proto Indo-European root *mel- (mule) which gives us the Cymric mul as well as the Gaulish Mullo. Thus Mullo is simply 'The Mule'; a name that links directly to the veneration of horses by the Celts (one of the best examples being Epona).
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